The Impossible list is not a bucket list, it is designed to challenge you to do more than you normally would. It's not just about being able to paint for example, but having that work displayed in a major gallery too. It's about having a list to inspire you to do things, and live your life to the full. There are a lot of things I may never achieve on the list, but the journey will be interesting no doubt. I'll update it as I go. The idea for the list comes from Joel Runyon, and I picked a few off his list too, they were too good to pass up! I consolidated my curent bucket list with this as well.
Life:
Help 100 Entrepreneurs Better Their Lives Through Micro-Loans at Kiva.org (2/100)
Sponsor a child (July 2010)
Give free Experience Design advice to 100 ethical start ups (4/100)
Teach 100 Yoga classes for free to underprivileged people (40/100)
Be a conservation project volunteer
Buy no clothes or shoes for a year
Take a photo every day for a year (2011)
Community:
Teach Yoga to the elderly
Teach Yoga to children
Join the surf rescue community
Fitness:
Run the city to surf
Surf at Deadmans
Learn to slide on the longboard (skate)
Learn to hang ten (surfing)
Learn to climb
Learn to slackline well
Climb mount Kosciuszko
Hike to Everest Basecamp
Hold a freestanding handstand (February 2012)
Hold a handstand for 5mins
Hold Pincha Mayurasana (June 2012)
Hold Pincha Mayurasana for 5mins
Go Bouldering in Joshua Tree
Hike Half Dome in Yosemite
Hike in the Patagonian Andes
Hike the Inca trail
Learn to breakdance
Bike through a country
Complete Tough Mudder
Complete an Adventure race
Do 100 pushups
Do 200 Sit-ups (October 2011)
Walk 250km Great North Walk
Travel:
Visit every continent
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Asia
- Australia
- Antartica
- Africa
Visit:
- Antelope Canyon, USA
- Santorini, Greece
- Maldives
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Iceland
- Bora Bora
- Petra, Jordan
- Moraine Lake, Canada
- Plitvice, Croatia
- Pamukkale, Turkey
- Bagan, Mayanmar
- Salar De Yuyni, Bolivia
- Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Meteora, Greece
- Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
- Tanah Lot, Bali
- Palawan, Phillipines
- Uluru, Australia
- Carerra lake, Chile
- Alaska, USA
- Space
Surf in:
- Hawaii (April 2012)
- Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
- Bali, Indonesia
- Fiji
- Australia (March 2009)
- Costa Rica
- Samoa
- Tahiti
Mountain Bike trails:
Copper Harbor, Michigan
Coroico, Bolivia
Great divide mountain bike route, Canada & US
Mt Fuji, Japan
Rotorua, New Zealand
Meditation & Yoga:
Go on a 10 day Vipassana retreat
Go to Pema Chodron's Gampo Abby on retreat
Visit Plum village for a retreat
Meet Jack Kornfield and learn meditation from him
Meet Thich Nhat Hanh and learn meditation from him
Go to Shambala Mountain centre on a retreat
Study with Dharma Mittra
Study with Nancy Gilgoff
Study at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram
Study with Shiva Rea
Attend Bihar School of Yoga for Vedic Studies
Attend Rolling Meadows Meditation Retreat in Tulum, Mexico
Meet the Dalai Lama
Experiences:
- Speak at TED
- Speak at SxSW (March 2012)
- Race a Car
- Race in the Red Bull Soapbox race
- Bobsleigh (December 2009)
- Ride a Harley across the USA
- Speak at Wake Up Sydney!
Art and crafts:
- Take a course in print making and make an amazing poster
- Make a thought provoking sculpture for the public
- Paint a huge canvas
- Sell some of my art work
- Make newsworthy street art
- Take a carpentry course and build a studio
- Be a finalist or win the National Geographic photography competition
- Win the Canon academy photography competiton
- Win the Shutterbug photography competition
- Have art work displayed in the MCA
- Learn to play 100 bass lines in different styles (10/100)
Events to attend:
Go to burning man
Go to Bali spirit festival
See the northern lights
SxSW (March 2012)
Attend Deepavaali (Festival of Lights) in India
Attend "Dia de Muertos" in Mexico
Go to Sundance film festival
Attend Holi Festival in Nepal
Attend Carvival (Rio)
Go to Venice Carnaval (Italy)
Go to La Tomatina in Spain
Go to Obon Festival in Japan
Other Challenges:
Write a physical book (Ph.D thesis in 2010)
Start a movement
Make a Movie and have a screening
Invent & manufacture a new object